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National Standards Announced for Cooling Water Intake Structures at Large Existing Power Plants

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- On Feb. 16, Administrator Mike Leavitt signed a final rule to protect fish, shellfish and other aquatic life from inadvertently being killed by cooling water intake structures at large power plants. This is the first time in the 32- year history of the Clean Water Act that EPA has established a systematic way to comprehensively address the environmental consequences of power plants that withdraw more than 50 million gallons of water per day.

EPA estimates that the rule will affect about 550 facilities and will cost approximately $400 million annually to implement and administer. EPA estimates that this rule will protect more than 200 million pounds ...

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